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08/03/2009, 10:36 PM | #351 |
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Yikes! Sorry guys but I just got home and putting the munchkins to bed and my mother-in-law visiting for a week beginning tomorrow. Will try to get a FTS up as I like to get your opinions on the new bulbs now that they are burned in.
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08/04/2009, 07:54 AM | #352 |
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What bulb did you go with?
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08/04/2009, 08:40 AM | #353 |
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Brian, I went with Marine Depot’s AquaMaxx 14K because they were really cheap on sale. So far I like the color but I’m a little concerned of the output. I’ve read pros and cons (as with everything) but I recently saw a thread where someone put them on a PAR meter. Their PAR was lower than the Phoenix 14K and much lower than the Radium 20K so I’m going to closely watch my corals to see how they react. I think I may have acclimated my corals too quickly to the lights as I’m having issues with a few colonies. All of the others are doing fine, so the jury is still out. If I continue to see issues, I’m going to switch bulbs.
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I thought your tank looked great with the new bulbs, your colors were great. It seemed that you were getting the greens and blues to pop out great in your corals...Well now that I think of it you had all the colors right on What about the two colonys that were taking the light change hard are the pulling through?
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Dan, do you use GFO on your tank?
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08/06/2009, 10:03 AM | #359 |
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My Royal Pencil Wrasse jumped sometime after I left for work and even though the holes are 1/4" got himself stuck in the netting. By the time I got home the halides turned him into fish jerky!
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08/06/2009, 10:35 AM | #360 |
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Damn Dan, that little guy really wanted out. Sorry for the tragic loss.
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08/06/2009, 04:45 PM | #361 |
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That sucks Dan, I've had a few fish do that as well
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Isn't Royal Pencil Wrasse pronounced "Royal Pain in the ***" anyways? lol
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08/06/2009, 05:22 PM | #363 |
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Dan, is that netting really 1/4". Didn't think the wrasse could be that small to squeeze half way through. 1/4" is smaller than pencil eraser head. Perhaps something like a firefish but.......
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Sorry about the loss. Wrasses are one reason I would never go rimless but it looks like the netting doesn't even work all the time.
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Sorry for the loss with the fish and corals. Let me know if you need any help with anything.
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Dan, sorry to hear about your loss. Hopefully with the new netting this will never happen again.
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08/07/2009, 06:02 AM | #370 |
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I never knew saltwater fish jumped out of the tank also...I remember my Oscars alway doing that when I did FW. All the same, sorry to hear about the fish loss and I've learned something new.
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That sucks but fish jerky might be good actually......kinda an expensive snack though.....sorry to hear about the loss
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08/07/2009, 08:37 AM | #372 |
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Thanks guys, funny it kinda reminded me of my relatives in Hawaii. We used to go fishing then cut the fish into strips marinate for a few days then sun dry them under a screen. I never cared for it though.
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08/07/2009, 08:53 AM | #373 |
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OK finally had time to take a new FTS (very anti-climatic isn’t it?). This is under the new AquaMaxx 14K bulbs. These have a much bluer tint to them than the Geisemann 13.5K bulbs that I previously ran as those were more crisp white with almost no blue. I like the color but the jury is still out on the effects of the coral. I have lost the Crayola Table (I think I’ll rename it DanW’s LE Polar White unfortunately no PE, no growth and later it will turn into the color of your live rock [easily cured in a little bleach though].). Any body have an easy method of getting the skeleton out? It’s one of the very few pieces that I had allowed to encrust on the main rock structure. (Actually I was too lazy and left the frag in a hole and it encrusted before I was ready to glue it to a piece of rubble.) Love to get your feedback on the color as I could change the T5s to adjust it.
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08/07/2009, 08:55 AM | #374 |
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Here is one from last month for comparison:
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08/07/2009, 09:24 AM | #375 |
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Real nice Dan, bummer about your fish and nice FTS's!
I'm not sure of my take on the bulb change though. I almost like the color of your tank in the pic from last month but maybe the exposure/wb is out of whack on the newer shot? I don't know but either way you've got a great tank my friend!
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